. >> pontius pilate was the governor from 26 to 36, and so that places us very clearly within theearly period of roman rule. these are some of our most important and clearest dates for the activities of jesus' life. when jesus actually died we're not absolutely sure. some people would say as early as maybe 27, maybe some others as late as 33, but we do know it's under pilate. >> pontius pilatus, praefectus judea. pontius pilate, governor of judea. >> and we know of him as effective and a fairly ruthless administrator of his territory, the area of judea. there are several episodes recorded by josephus where eschatological prophets emerge, and pilate has no hesitation in eliminating them or in suppressing episodes of potential conflict or revolt within that territory. ( murmur of crowd ) >> people from all over the empire went to jerusalem on passover. it's one of the most populated times in the whole city. it's a madhouse. there are extra animals being brought up-- sheep-- because of the passover holiday. there are pilgrims coming in from everywhere. and jesus comes up to town, too

they started under pontius pilate; they say so themselves. so it's novel.f it's novel, from the roman point of view, it cannot be a religion. religion is, by definition, ancient, from roman perspective. so, if it's new and novel, it's... it's a superstition, it's not a religion; and superstition is, by definition, not a good thing. >> we have a good example of the pagan perspective on christians from a little graffiti found in rome from the palatine hill. an inscription scratched very crudely into the wall says, "alexamenos worships his god." in the picture, we see alexamenos bowing down before the man on the cross, but the man on the cross has the head of a donkey. >> christians have made themselves outlanders in their own town. and, therefore, they are used as an explanatory device whenever there are the usual natural insults of human existence-- plague, earthquake, flood. it's because christians, as gentiles who are not doing their duty to heaven, are... why should the gods do anything for the city then? >> narrator: though persecution was still mainly l

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